UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, during a conversation on Thursday, emphasized that Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin must sit down at the negotiating table and agree to an unconditional ceasefire in order to achieve a just and lasting peace in Ukraine.
This was reported on the UK government’s official website.
“The President began by thanking the Prime Minister for the UK’s continued support for Ukraine, including the sanctions announced earlier this week targeting Russia’s energy revenues, which play a vital part in stopping Putin’s war machine. They agreed international partners must continue to ramp up the pressure on Russia,” the statement reads.
During the conversation, the UK Prime Minister reaffirmed Britain’s steadfast support for Ukraine, and both leaders agreed on the importance of independent anti-corruption institutions being at the core of Ukrainian democracy.
“Both leaders underscored that Putin must come to the negotiation table and agree an unconditional ceasefire to see a just and lasting peace in Ukraine,” the press release states.
